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<!--paging_filter--><p>Truth can sometimes seem much stranger than fiction, and Lie Swatter puts that idiom to the test in an amusing, quick-hit comedic trivia game. Developed by Jellyvision, the studio behind the hit You Don't Know Jack series, Lie Swatter serves up a series of seven statements in a certain category and challenges you to pick out the fibs. Do so while leaving the factual notes intact and you'll earn a stack of points in your turn-based competition with an online foe. Actually selecting the incorrect statements from each bunch is often much tougher than it seems, however.<br /><br />Lie Swatter's hundreds of available categories span pop culture, history, and other miscellaneous subjects, including Michael Jackson, Twitter, France, and baseball. When you think you spot a false line, simply tap the insect-shaped bubble surrounding it and await the verdict. If correctly incorrect, you'll earn points, and stringing together multiple right selections in a row adds combo points. If you picked one of the rare truths from the set, meanwhile, you'll lose points from your tally. It goes back and forth across three rounds with another player, with each round spanning a couple minutes or so.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/files/u325188/2013/04/screen.png" width="620" height="465" /></p><p>Less lavish a production than You Don't Know Jack, the streamlined and straightforward Lie Swatter still proves incredibly funny, and it'll throw an occasional curveball your way – like the "Number We're Thinking Of" category, which seemed hilarious until we immediately picked the "True" answer and bombed the entire round. Boosts, which use coins earned through play or purchased with cash, are pretty innocuous, letting you reshuffle the available categories, show how many truths remain in a set, or double down on points (or penalties). We couldn't help but be dismayed by the lack of timers in the game, though. What's to stop an opponent from Googling the statements while you're playing fair?<br /><br /><strong>The bottom line</strong>. Funny, fast, and free, Lie Swatter makes facts and fibs alike seem totally amusing.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Simple and streamlined trivia concept that's great for mobile play. Both the facts and false statements can be totally hilarious. Wide array of categories.</p> </div>
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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/lie_swatter_review#commentsReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifecomedyGamesgamesHumoriPad AppsiPhone and iPodiPod and iPhoneJellyvisionLie SwatterreviewsSoftwaresoftwaretriviaYou Don't Know JackiPadMon, 01 Apr 2013 21:53:07 +0000Andrew Hayward16625 at http://www.maclife.comYou Don't Know Jack HD Reviewhttp://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/you_dont_know_jack_hd_review
<!--paging_filter--><p>Most of the time, a one-person party just isn’t a party -- at least not a fun one. And sadly, that’s true with the iOS version of You Don’t Know Jack, which pretty much ruins an otherwise wonderful, evilly clever game by forcing it into a single-player-only coffin.</p><p><img src="/files/u18/2011/06/0624-ydnj-open-400.jpg" width="400" height="533" /></p><p>The You Don’t Know Jack series has been around forever, debuting on Macs back in 1995. A quiz-show game, it quickly became beloved for its genius combo of snarky, modern humor and tricky, intelligent trivia…then spawned a slew of forgettable sequels and faded away for a few years. It came roaring back in 2011 with an inspired new version for PCs and videogame consoles, so we were thrilled to see our Apple gear get some love at last with an iOS app.</p><p>Which is probably why it was such a blow to learn that this version of Jack supports no multiplayer -- no local Wi-Fi, no same screen, no nothing. See, the fun of Jack comes from gathering a few friends to laugh at the game’s wicked, wicked humor and then compete fiercely to answer its surprisingly intelligent trivia questions. Playing by yourself is like playing poker or quarters alone -- you can do it, sure, but most of us will prefer the company of friends to enjoy those games as they were intended to be enjoyed. Why would developer Jellyvision not make this game shine by including some kind of online multiplayer, or at least a huddle-around-the-iPad-and-buzz-in option?</p><p>It’s a mystery, and one that crushes an otherwise terrific presentation. (They promise they're working on it, but it should have been here from the beginning.) The questions are as awesome as ever; we never expected it to be hard to suss out whether a list presented the names of Britney Spears songs or dead popes, but maybe we were laughing too hard to think straight. Announcer Cookie Masterson’s deranged delivery keeps the show humming along perfectly, and the questions mix the academic and the asinine as wonderfully as always.</p><p><strong>The bottom line. </strong>We love You Don’t Know Jack, but this iOS version delivers only a small, sad sliver of what makes this series so terrific. So skip it and try the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version, or drop Jellyvision a line and remind them that, given their roots, they really should’ve made a Mac version in the first place!</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=ApuPaiKIpxg&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fyou-dont-know-jack-hd%252Fid420572595%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30" target="_blank">You Don't Know Jack HD 1.0.2</a></p> </div>
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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/you_dont_know_jack_hd_review#commentsGalleryReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifeAppsGamesipad gamesiPod and iPhoneJellyvisionquizSoftwaretriviaiPadiPhoneiPodGamesSat, 25 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0000Paul Curthoys11502 at http://www.maclife.com